Rubber tire for carriage-wheels.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. QUINSLER, OF BROOKLINE, AND GEORGE W. MCNEAR, OF

- AUBURNDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUBBER TIRE FOR CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,284, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed October 28, 1898. Serial No. 694,816. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE J. QUINSLER, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk, and GEORGE W. MCNEAR, residing at Auburndale, in the coun ty of MiddleseX,State of Massachusettspitizens of theUnited States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rubber Tires for Oarriage-I/VheelS, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rubber tires for carriage-wheels; and it has for its object to more firmly secure the tire in its elastic base portion, thus preventing it from moving or slipping out of its true position relative to the wheel, and for this purpose our invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section on the line 2 2 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of the rubber tire. Fig.

i represents a cross-section of the annular elastic base in which the rubber tire' is re-- ceived.

Similar letters refer to similar parts whereverthey occur on the'different parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the felly of a carriage-wheel as usual, and to the periphery of the same is secured in any well-known manner the l-shaped steel channel B, as shown.

C is the arm ular elastic base-ring, supported I in the steel channel B. As shown, said basering is trough-shaped in cross-section, having a fiat smooth bottom and provided upon its sides with a plurality of annular steps or shoulders G O.

The letter D indicates the elastic tire, having a convex tread or periphery, as usual, and formed on its inner circumference with a flat I smooth tongue or rib E, that rests on the fiat smooth bottom of the trough or channel in the base-ring. The sides of that part of the tire that rest in the base-ring are provided with annular steps or shoulders D D, that rest on the corresponding steps or shoulders O C of the base-ring. By this construction of the tire and base-ring the parts are caused to be held in contact with each other without liability of the tire being twisted or moved sidewise out of true alinement with the wheel. Moreover, the fiat smooth surface of the inner circumference of the tire is given a firm fiat bearing by the correspondingly-formed bottom of the trough or channel of the basering. The life or durability of the wheel is thus lengthened or increased.

What we wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- 1. In a wheel-tire, the combination with the metallic channeled rim, of an elastic annular base-ring fitted in said rim and having a peripheral trough-shaped channel provided upon its sides with annular steps or shoulders, and a rubber tire fitted in the base-ring and provided upon its inner sides with annular steps or shoulders resting and supported on the corresponding steps or shoulders of the base-ring, substantially as described.

2. In a wheel-tire, the combination with the metallic channeled rim, of an-elastic annular base-ring fitted in said rim and having a pe ripheral trough-shaped channel, said channel having a flat smooth bottom and stepped or shouldered sides, and a rubber tire fitted in the base-ring and provided upon its inner circumference with a flat smooth tongue or 

